The biggest shows of summer and autumn could hardly offer a greater contrast - from Rembrandt, through Constable and Turner, to Matisse and Malevich, and even a Lego blockbuster. Rembrandt: The Late Works, at the National Gallery from 15th October, is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see around 40 paintings, 20 drawings and 30 prints covering the last 30 years of the Dutch master's life. Organised in collaboration with Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, the show centres on the 17th-century artist's poignant Self Portrait at the Age of 63 alongside other major works loaned from the US and the Netherlands.
Meanwhile, from 16th July, Tate Modern presents the first major retrospective in 25 years of Russian Suprematist Kasimir Malevich, whose abstract, geometrical work was the artist's response to the First World War, through the October Revolution to the rise of Stalinism.
Before that, there's the chance to catch Matisse: The Cut-Outs at Tate Modern until 7th September. This vibrant exhibition showcases the colourful art the French painter created by cutting shapes from painted paper in the last 17 years of his life, as his health declined and he was largely wheelchair-bound. The show features two of the last paintings he ever made, and many large cut-outs, including a room dedicated exclusively to the Blue Nudes and The Snail, a perennial favourite among visitors to the gallery.
And for a real block-buster look no further than The Art of the Brick, in which US artist Nathan Sawaya has assembled around 75 sculptures made of Lego bricks, including a 20ft T-Rex, plus versions of the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. It's at Brick Lane's Old Truman Brewery from 26th September.